Scrubbing-machine



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J. S. HITGHGOGK.

SGRUBBING MACHINE.

No. 574,355. Patented Dec. 29, 1896.

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JOHN S. HITOHOOCK, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

SCRUBBlNG-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 574,355, dated December 29, 1896.

Application filed February 14, 1896. Serial No. 579,209. (No model.)

T 00% whom it may concern: zontal partition a, creating a water-chamber Be it known that I, JOHN S. HITCHOOOK, of b, and c is the pan to catch the dirt and water.

Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the The brushes d are mounted in any suitable State of New York, have invented new and manner and set at an angle to each other, as,

5 usefullmprovementsin Scrubbing-Machines, for instance, as shown and described in said of which the following, taken in connection application, so as to crowd together the briswith the accompanying drawings, is a full, tles in front of their meeting ends, and are clear, and exact description. driven by means of the pinions 6 upon their My invention relates to scrubbing-machines shafts, which are driven by the gear upon the 10 and sweepers. supporting-wheels h, and a caster-wheel k is My object is to provide the machine with adj ustably mounted in any suitable manner a drip-catcher which will catch all of the dirt upon the rear of the casing, so as to adjust and water and dust which are thrown centrifuthe brushes to the floor. gally from the brush against the rear wall and The pipe 1% is connected to the water-tank I 5 conduct them to the brush again, thereby preand conducts water therefrom to the front of venting them from falling onto the floor and the brushes, a suitable shut-off valve being leaving a streak of dirt or water, or both, beprovided, which is operated by a cord or wire hind the machine, said drip-catcher being adn, extending through the brace r to a point justable, so that it can be set according to the adjacent to the handle t for convenience of 2o wear upon the brush. operation.

Another object is to provide adjacent Upon the inner face of the rear wall of the brushes with means whereby the bristles upon casing one edge of a suitable strip 2 of suittheir meeting ends are held out sothat they able materialis secured, curved substantially will always engage with each other and preas shown, and having its free edge projecting 25 venting them from spreading so as to create forward to the bristles of the brush and ada sufficient opening or crack to leave a streak justable with reference thereto by means of of dirt or water, or both. the screws 3, so that all of the dirt or Water,

It is constructed as follows, reference being or both, which is centrifugally thrown from had to the accompanying drawings,in Which the brushes onto said rear wall, will fall, run,

30 Figure 1 is a side elevation of the machine or slide down over it and over the drip-catchcomplete. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of it. ing strip and will be caught or sucked off Fig. 3 is the bottom plan of it with the pan from the latter by the brushes and carried removed. Fig. 4 is an elevation of one secaround to be thrown into the pan and pretion of a sectional brush. Fig. 5 is a transventing it from falling or running down onto 35 verse sectional elevation of a brush-section, the floor behind the brushes. The brushes showing the bristle-holder in elevation. Fig. are shown as consisting of sectional bodies,

6 is a side elevation of 'a bristle-holder dethe same as in the said application, in which tached. Fig. 7 is a sectional enlarged detail the bristles are mounted, except that the of the drip-catcher. Fig. 8 is a horizontal disks 4, provided with suitably concaved and 40 section taken through the brushes. Fig. 9 is flanged inner edge 5, are secured upon each a detail showing the adjustment of the casbrush-section between two rows of bristles tor-wheel. adjacent to its inner end in such manner as The main features of this machine are the these disks will bear against the bristles and same as those shown and described in detail hold them out, so that they will always crowd 5 45 in my application filed J uly 25, 1895, Serial together at the floor as the brushes revolve,

No. 556,569, and they are therefore only genand cannot spread apart, so as to create a erally described herein, the specific descripcrack or opening between them to leave a tion being confined to the novel features above streak of dirt or dirty water upon the floor beoutlined-win, the drip-catcher and the brishind the machine.

50 tle-holder. Experience and experiment have shown A is a suitable casing provided with a horithat unless held out in proper place the bris- 2. In a scrubbing-1nachine a casing having brushes mounted therein and driven at an angle to each other,the combination with each brush of a flat disk secured upon its body interior to the inner row of bristles around it, and engaging" with said bristles to hold them in position to properly engage with those of the adjoining brush.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of February, 1896.

JOHN S. lllTCllCOC/K.

In presence of- G. W. SMITH, llonnuan P. DENISON. 

